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Creepy BabyMaker3000 Actually Being Used to Make Virtual Babies

by Evan Shamoon, posted Nov 9th 2008 at 12:16PM

As we inch ever closer to a future in which our babies are exactly what we want them to be, German car manufacturer Volkswagen has put together a nifty little preview in the form of a promotional Web app. Just upload pictures of yourself and your loved one (or celebrities who you've never met), set the key points (eyes, mouth, nose, etc..), and watch the magic unfold.

According to VW's PR team, the BabyMaker3000 has brought 314,384 digital babies into the world since going live a month ago -- surpassing the number of real babies born in the U.S. during a comparable timeframe (295,075). An estimated half million visitors have checked out the site, a pretty mind-boggling number that probably says something about our desire for this type of technology in the real world.

In case you were wondering, the above virtual baby belongs to one Barack Obama and one newly divorced baby mama, Madonna. We're naming him Barack Hussein Madonna-Obama-Rama, and no, you can't take his photograph, filthy paparazzi. [From: VW.com]

World's First 'Modern' Computer Turns 60

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Jun 21st 2008 at 1:09PM

It was 60 years ago that the first modern computer -- at least according to some -- was born in a lab in Manchester, England. The Small Scale Experimental Machine, or Baby, as it was affectionately known, was the first truly reprogrammable computer that had an analog for RAM. Unlike its predecessors, the ENIAC and Colossus, Baby could accomplish a variety of tasks by inputting different instructions "right out of the box," so to speak (ENIAC and Colossus could theoretically serve multiple uses, but only after several days or weeks of complex rewiring). Baby was the first general purpose computer as we've come to understand the term.

It first successfully completed a set on instructions on June 21, 1948, calculating the highest factor of a prime number, which would be 1.

By todays standards, Baby was absurdly primitive, its CRT memory unit could store a total of 1024 bits of information, with less power than a modern pocket calculator (it could take around an hour to do simple tasks). By contrast even bargain basement PCs today come with 1 gigabyte of memory, or 8 billion bits.

Baby was the immediate precursor of the Manchester Mark I and the Ferranti Mark I, the first commercially available computer. A working replica of Baby is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. [Source: BBC]

21% Of Babies Have Social Network Profiles

by Tim Stevens, posted Feb 28th 2008 at 1:10PM

Chances are you're starting to tire of the whole social networking scene. If so, you're not alone. Finding and connecting with friends was fun at first, but before long the whole experience just turns into kooky pictures of people you still don't keep in touch with. That said, there are still plenty of people out there who are new to the social networking scene -- very, very new.

A survey from research firm Orange claims that 21% of babies have their own pages on social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace. The pages were created by their parents who use them as a way to post pictures and stories to share those defining babyhood moments with all their friends -- friends who can post comments like "Awww!" and "How cute!" every now and again.

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